Skepticism : the central issues / Charles Landesman.
Skepticism : the central issues / Charles Landesman.
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Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N149.73/13
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English
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x, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Skepticism and the Retreat from Realism -- 2. The Great Deception of Sense -- 3. Justification, Truth, and Realism -- 4. Global Skepticism, Pyrrhonism, and the Criterion Argument -- 5. The Argument Against the Criterion -- 6. Two Pyrrhonian Problems -- 7. Descartes' Dream Argument -- 8. Skepticis...
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Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
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England
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2002.
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"This book presents and analyzes the most important arguments in the history of Western philosophy's skeptical tradition. It demonstrates that, although powerful, these arguments are quite limited and fail to prove their core assertion that knowledge is beyond our reach." "It dissects the problems of realism and the philosophical doubts about the a...
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Skepticism : the central issues / Charles Landesman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206) and index.
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N149.73/13
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0631213562 (pbk.)
9780631213550
0631213554
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149.73
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